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Discipline

Subdiscipline

Min Year of Influence

Max Year of Influence

List of the most influential schools in Medical, for the years 2000 – 2020

# 1

Harvard University

Private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

#1 institution's overall influence

#2 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

Graduation

97%

Student body

25K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/34

Cambridge, MA

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# 2

University of London

Federal research university in London, England

#2 institution's overall influence

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# 3

Stanford University

Private research university located in Stanford, California, United States

#10 institution's overall influence

#1 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$51K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1495/33

Stanford, CA

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# 4

Johns Hopkins University

University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

#20 institution's overall influence

#21 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

92%

Student body

24K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Baltimore, MD

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# 5

Columbia University

Private Ivy League research university in New York City

#3 institution's overall influence

#6 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

28K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

New York, NY

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# 6

University of Pennsylvania

Private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#17 institution's overall influence

#10 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1485/33

Philadelphia, PA

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# 7

New York University

Private research university in New York City

#16 institution's overall influence

#44 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$52K

Acceptance

20%

Graduation

85%

Student body

47K

Median SAT/ACT

1410/31

New York, NY

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# 8

Yale University

Private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

#7 institution's overall influence

#4 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

Graduation

98%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1515/34

New Haven, CT

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# 9

University of Michigan

Public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

#15 institution's overall influence

#37 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$16K

Acceptance

23%

Graduation

91%

Student body

42K

Median SAT/ACT

1420/32

Ann Arbor, MI

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# 10

Massachusetts General Hospital

Teaching hospital in Massachusetts, United States

#398 institution's overall influence

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# 11

University of Toronto

University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

#23 institution's overall influence

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# 12

University of California, San Francisco

University

#165 institution's overall influence

Student body

San Francisco, CA

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# 13

University of Edinburgh

Public research university in Edinburgh, Scotland

#13 institution's overall influence

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# 14

Duke University

Private university in Durham, North Carolina, United States

#31 institution's overall influence

#12 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

Graduation

95%

Student body

15K

Median SAT/ACT

1510/34

Durham, NC

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# 15

University of Washington

Public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States

#44 institution's overall influence

#69 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$11K

Acceptance

49%

Graduation

84%

Student body

46K

Median SAT/ACT

1340/29

Seattle, WA

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# 16

Imperial College London

Public research university located in London, United Kingdom

#50 institution's overall influence

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# 17

University of California, Berkeley

Public research university in Berkeley, California, United States

#6 institution's overall influence

#29 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

92%

Student body

41K

Median SAT/ACT

1425/33

Berkeley, CA

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# 18

Cornell University

Private university in Ithaca

#14 institution's overall influence

#14 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

11%

Graduation

94%

Student body

24K

Median SAT/ACT

1465/33

Ithaca, NY

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# 19

Boston University

Private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

#38 institution's overall influence

#56 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

22%

Graduation

87%

Student body

30K

Median SAT/ACT

1415/31

Boston, MA

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# 20

University of Oxford

Collegiate research university in Oxford, England

#11 institution's overall influence

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# 21

University of Pittsburgh

State-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

#67 institution's overall influence

#987 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$19K

Acceptance

59%

Graduation

81%

Student body

27K

Median SAT/ACT

1350/30

Pittsburgh, PA

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# 22

University of Southern California

Private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States

#39 institution's overall influence

#30 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

13%

Graduation

92%

Student body

37K

Median SAT/ACT

1440/32

Los Angeles, CA

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# 23

University of California, Los Angeles

Public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States

#24 institution's overall influence

#31 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$13K

Acceptance

14%

Graduation

91%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1405/32

Los Angeles, CA

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# 24

Washington University in St. Louis

University in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

#66 institution's overall influence

#20 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

94%

Student body

12K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/33

Saint Louis, MO

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# 25

McGill University

English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec

#42 institution's overall influence

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# 26

Northwestern University

Private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, United States

#28 institution's overall influence

#24 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

19K

Median SAT/ACT

1490/34

Evanston, IL

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# 27

McMaster University

Public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

#146 institution's overall influence

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# 28

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

#9 institution's overall influence

#3 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$52K

Acceptance

Graduation

93%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1535/35

Cambridge, MA

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# 29

University of Minnesota

Public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

#34 institution's overall influence

#890 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$15K

Acceptance

52%

Graduation

78%

Student body

44K

Median SAT/ACT

1375/28

Minneapolis, MN

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# 30

University of Chicago

Private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States

#5 institution's overall influence

#8 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$57K

Acceptance

Graduation

94%

Student body

12K

Median SAT/ACT

1520/34

Chicago, IL

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# 31

University of Cambridge

Collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

#4 institution's overall influence

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# 32

Emory University

Private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

#111 institution's overall influence

#41 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$51K

Acceptance

19%

Graduation

91%

Student body

13K

Median SAT/ACT

1435/32

Atlanta, GA

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# 33

Vanderbilt University

Private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

#115 institution's overall influence

#16 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

10%

Graduation

92%

Student body

11K

Median SAT/ACT

1505/34

Nashville, TN

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# 34

Tufts University

Private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts

#73 institution's overall influence

#25 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$56K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

92%

Student body

11K

Median SAT/ACT

1455/32

Medford, MA

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# 35

University of Virginia

Public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

#43 institution's overall influence

#40 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$17K

Acceptance

26%

Graduation

94%

Student body

24K

Median SAT/ACT

1415/32

Charlottesville, VA

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# 36

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

#862 institution's overall influence

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# 37

University of Birmingham

University in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

#54 institution's overall influence

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# 38

George Washington University

University in Washington, D.C.

#61 institution's overall influence

#76 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$53K

Acceptance

42%

Graduation

84%

Student body

21K

Median SAT/ACT

1370/30

Washington, DC

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# 39

University of Melbourne

Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria

#97 institution's overall influence

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# 40

Georgetown University

Private university in Washington, D.C., United States

#69 institution's overall influence

#19 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$54K

Acceptance

15%

Graduation

94%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1450/32

Washington, DC

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# 41

Baylor College of Medicine

Private medical school in Houston, Texas, United States

#560 institution's overall influence

Student body

Houston, TX

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# 42

University of California, San Diego

Public university in La Jolla, California, United States

#49 institution's overall influence

#71 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$14K

Acceptance

30%

Graduation

87%

Student body

36K

Median SAT/ACT

1365/30

La Jolla, CA

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# 43

University of Sydney

Australian university founded in 1850

#78 institution's overall influence

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# 44

Brown University

University in Providence, Rhode Island

#36 institution's overall influence

#7 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$55K

Acceptance

Graduation

96%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1485/33

Providence, RI

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# 45

Case Western Reserve University

University in Ohio, United States

#141 institution's overall influence

#110 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$49K

Acceptance

29%

Graduation

82%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1435/32

Cleveland, OH

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# 46

Princeton University

Private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States

#8 institution's overall influence

#5 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

Graduation

97%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1505/33

Princeton, NJ

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# 47

University of Warwick

University in Coventry, United Kingdom

#157 institution's overall influence

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# 48

Rush University

University

#1163 institution's overall influence

Tuition + fees

$30K

Student body

Chicago, IL

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# 49

Yeshiva University

Jewish University located in Manhattan

#213 institution's overall influence

#136 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$44K

Acceptance

60%

Graduation

82%

Student body

Median SAT/ACT

1270/26

New York, NY

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# 50

University of Miami

Private university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States

#207 institution's overall influence

#106 student desirability

Tuition + fees

$50K

Acceptance

32%

Graduation

82%

Student body

14K

Median SAT/ACT

1340/30

Coral Gables, FL

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